Senior Software Engineer

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Mountain View, CA
Senior level
Edtech • Software
The Role
The Senior Software Engineer at Study.com will develop and enhance web and mobile applications to improve user engagement. Responsibilities include transforming UI designs, crafting educational tools for classrooms, and optimizing content management systems. The role emphasizes collaborative teamwork and technical growth, reinforcing Study.com's commitment to accessible education.
Summary Generated by Built In

Our mission is to open the door to the life-changing impact of education and help make education accessible for all. As a nimble growth stage start-up, we've emerged as the leading online education platform helping over 30 million learners and educators each month. Study.com has earned numerous awards and it has been recognized as one of the most transformational companies in EdTech, living up to our commitment to all learners: Breakthroughs Start Here. From students and educators in over 9,000 school districts that use Study.com, to working adults striving to complete their college degree or gain professional certifications, we empower them to reach their full potential. Our product is our impact! Across our college programs alone we have saved students over $200M in tuition and enabled tens of thousands to become nurses, teachers, accountants and more. Additionally, as part of our mission we’ve donated over $27 million across social impact programs to learners and educators.

Study.com developers help our cross-functional teams rally around common goals to frequently deliver valuable product features. Our developers work together on the front and back-end, emphasizing collaboration, learning, and fast feedback, including pair programming and regular (constructive!) code reviews. We invest in developers’ growth, which reflects and reinforces our mission to make education accessible.

This role is based in our Mountain View, CA office and is hybrid in office Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

You'd Be a Great Fit If You...

  • Love transforming UI designs and mockups into pages and flows using CSS3 and JavaScript frameworks such as Bootstrap and Angular
  • Enjoy improving user experiences and accessibility applying modern HTML for all form factors
  • Desire to work in a collaborative cross-functional team working toward common goals
  • Emphasize simplicity and pragmatism, which is reflected in your elegant code which other developers emulate
  • Have a calling for building modular front-end code leveraging REST-based services

What You'll Do:

  • Improve teacher effectiveness and increase student learning by delivering in-classroom games and presenter queues tied to our video lessons on the web
  • Craft a mobile app experience that leapfrogs the web interface, allowing students to work toward their degree on-the-go
  • Improve student grades with a easy-to-use, reliable method for capturing and responding to student questions
  • Inform student decisions by connecting them with timely information on career and school options
  • Streamline lesson content creation with a sleek new modular, microservices-based content management system optimized for our educators
  • Ease students’ path to college credit through placement tests which elegantly adapt to each students' level of mastery

What You'll Bring to the Role:

  • 6+ years work experience with Java
  • 4+ years crafting front-end experiences using modern HTML, CSS, and Javascript
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or related field
  • Fluency with object oriented design, data structures and multithreaded algorithms

The salary range for this position is $160,000 to $210,000 per year. Pay and is dependent upon factors including skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands.

At Study.com, we know that strong communities are built on the power of our diversity, and we respect and strive to understand for the diverse identities, race, ethnicities, backgrounds, and perspectives of our team members. Our work and company culture have been consistently recognized, including:

  • Inc. Best Place to Work
  • Fortune Great Places to Work – Best Workplaces in the Bay Area
  • Golden Bridge Awards – Gold Winner, Corporate Social Responsibility
  • San Francisco Business Times & Silicon Valley Business Journal – Best Places to Work

Study.com provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran or disability status. In addition to federal law requirements.

 

Study.com complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Additionally, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position in accordance with applicable state and local laws.


Top Skills

CSS
Java
JavaScript
The Company
HQ: Mountain View, CA
2,421 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Study.com was founded by Adrián Ridner and Ben Wilson to open the door to the life-changing impact of Education for all. Today, Study.com is the leading online learning platform helping over 30 million learners and educators on Study.com each month break through.

Our mission is rooted in the belief that information is the ultimate equalizer, and education is key to upward mobility. Study.com helps learners of all ages excel academically and close skills gaps. Every minute two learners enrolls in a course on Study.com and our College Accelerator solution, has collectively saved students over $200 million in college tuition.

At Study.com, you’ll join a team making a big impact in a cross-functional, collaborative environment where team members wear different hats and regularly interact with senior leadership. We get things done and move quickly.

As a member of the Study.com team, you’ll empower millions of learners to achieve their education and career goals. You’ll also be part of a company dedicated to contributing to society. Study.com has donated over $25 million in-kind value across social impact programs, including Working Scholars and Keys to the Classroom, matching employee contributions to non-profit organizations, student scholarships and supporting schools and districts during the pandemic.

Study.com’s team members, together with our Study Studio network of instructors, subject matter experts, video animators, and editors, have developed over 2 million learning materials on our platform. This includes micro-lessons, videos, flashcards, lesson plans, worksheets and more, fueling tens of millions hours of learning engagement a year.

Study.com’s work and company culture have been recognized by:

- Inc. Best Place to Work
- FastCompany Most Innovative Company
- Fortune Great Places to Work – Best Workplaces in the Bay Area
- Golden Bridge Awards – Gold Winner Social Responsibility

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